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Most people come to Cossington Park to relax
and get away from it all. Our guests are usually content to find a peaceful
corner of the garden to relax in and to browse some of the 5000 books.
But for those who cannot leave work completely behind, we provide broadband internet access.
For those more interested in play, we have:
- Sky satellite TV
- a number of board games and card
tables in the Library
- a fold-away pool table
- a professional croquet set
- some other outdoor games/toys
- a children's play area on soft loose bark with playhouse, slide and fort
- a grass area for football, basketball and other ball games
There are plenty of facilities for sports and activities not far away.
These include:
- Beaches - The nearest beaches are:
Burnham-on-Sea (8 miles north-west, family beach, donkeys etc, brown
sand which can be dangerous) ; Kilve (15 miles west, quiet, unspoilt
beach); and Weston-Super-Mare (15 miles north, family beach, lots of
attractions)
- Cinemas – There are cinemas in Bridgwater
and Taunton
- Cycle Hire - Bluebell Cycle Hire, Burtle Inn, Catcott
Road, Burtle
- Fishing - trout and course fishing at Burton Springs
Fishery, Stogursey; course fishing at Viaduct Fisheries or Durleigh
Weir, Enmore Reservoir
- Golf - Enmore Golf Club (professional);
Cannington Golf Club (good 9-hole pitch & putt)
- Horse Riding - Mendip Riding Activity Centre,
Churchill (lovely rides on the Mendip Hills); Adsborough House Stables,
Thurloxton, (lovely rides on the Quanotkco Hills)
- Local Walks - The Quantocks, Mendips and Brendon
Hills are beautiful for walks, as are the Poldens and Glastonbury
Tor; there are picnic and barbeque areas; closer to home there is a
footpath in Cossington, next to the playing fields, which leads to
Bawdrip along the old railway - ideal for dogs, cycling and children;
there is also an interesting walk along Bell Lane towards Gold Corner
Pumping Station
- Sailing - sailing at Durleigh Weir or Enmore Reservoir;
jet-skiing at Midlemoor Water Park, Woolavington
- Ski Centre - A wide
range of activities is on offer at Mendip Ski/Activity Centre, Churchill
- Special Events - St
Matthews Fair is held in Bridgwater every last Wednesday in September
for four days (fair ground rides or browse and market stalls;Guy
Fawkes Carnival, a spectacular procession of over 100 carnival floats
parading through the Streets of Bridgwater on the Friday nearest
to November 5 th
- Sports & Leisure
centres - Chilton Trinity Sports
Centre, Bridgwater; First Floor Fitness Club, Bridgwater
- Tennis - Cranleigh Gardens, Bridgwater; Chilton
Trinity Leisure Centre, Bridgwater
- Swimming Pools - Sedgemoor Splash,
Bridgwater (waves, rapids and flumes); Burnham Pool, Burnham-on-Sea
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